Eldamo : Early Quenya : puyando

ᴱQ. puyando n. “parent” (Category: Parent)

⚠️ᴱQ. puyando, n. “parent” (Category: Parent): Q. #nostar “*ancestor, forbearer; ⚠️parent, begetter”

A neutral word for “parent” in English-Qenya Dictionary of the 1920s (PE15/76). Its dual form puyandui referred to both “father and mother” (PE15/72). The dual form also appeared in the Early Qenya Grammar, where Tolkien connected it to the verb ᴱQ. puita- “beget” (PE14/77).

References ✧ PE14/77; PE15/72, 76

Glosses

“parent” ✧ PE15/76

Variations

puyando ✧ PE15/76

Inflections

†puyandui	dual	“parents”	✧ PE14/77
puyandui	dual	“father and mother”	✧ PE15/72
puyandui	dual		✧ PE15/76

Elements

puita-	“to beget”	✧ PE14/77
#-ndo	“masculine suffix”